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Sunday, January 20, 2013

A SALUTE TO A GENTLEMAN- AN ADMIRABLE NIQAB INCIDENT

We all know that there are so many people out there who
openly detest our Niqab but it’s a comfort to know that there are still a few
people who actually respect it.Here are
a few tweets I've got on our Twitter page from non-Muslims and it’s so great to
know that non-Muslims encourage our Niqab too. May Allah guide them to Islam
and bless them with goodness!

I just remembered a
wonderful Niqab experience. It actually didn't happen to me- it happened to my
sister but I was there to witness it. We were on our way to my Aunt’s house and
there were a few security checkups on the way and our vehicle was stopped.

An army officer asked for the identity cards of all the
passengers on the vehicle. While he was checking, he asked for my sister’s ID
and after he noticed that she was a Niqabi, he put his hand over the place
where my sister’s photograph was. Subhanallah!

What an amazing form of respect he displayed! I’m absolutely
certain that that officer wasn't a Muslim and to know that he respected the
Niqab and more importantly- the Niqabi… It’s really something worth saluting!

To all those non-Muslims out there who respect our Niqab, we
respect you! I pray that Allah guides them to the light of Islam and I make a
sincere prayer here that for that amazing show of respect from that army
officer, may Allah guide him to Islam and bless his life with goodness!

I think everyone has the right to dress as they choose, it doesn't harm anyone. If it is legal to walk totally naked on the streets of Amsterdam, logically it should be normal also to cover your entire body... I wouldn't mind seeing someone covered from head to toes what harm would it bring to me?

But I see a point. People are afraid of niqabs. In today's world when everything is controlled, it is hard to check or identify a niqabi person. There is a need to show an identity also for safety reasons. Niqabi are considered people without identity(which plays a huge role nowadays).

I have had similar experiences in my country.. And I am sri lankan too.. Our country, although not a muslim country has a lot to be saluted for.. MashaAllah. I love your blog and may Allah give u, ur loved ones and our muslim ummah d highest stage of Jannah. Ameen.